Meta. Guide. Meta. Guideby Frank Freestar. BlissMeta. Guide. TABLE OF CONTENTS1. Introduction. to Meta. Guide2. 2. New. in this Release3. Quickstart. Guide Just a Few Clicks to Autoguide3. Detailed. Setup Instructions4. Connecting. to the Telescope5. Autoguiding1. 07. Collimation1. 18. The STAR ANALYSER is used here with an 80mm reflector and an unmodified Philips Toucam Pro webcam, to reveal the telltale signature of molecules in the atmosphere of. The roll off roof observatory in my back garden houses my Paramount ME Mk4000 mount, my Toscano 8 inch RC, William Optics FLT 110 and. Collimation. with Automatic Re Centering1. Working. with Different Camera Sizes1. Pt. Grey Cameras such as Flea Special Instructions1. Star. Threshold and Lock Radius1. View. Modes Enhance, Crosshair, Cleanview, Big. View, Guide. View. Seeing. View1. 61. Integrated. video modes and Lock. Stack. 601. 71. 4. Focus. Dialog1. 71. Calculation. and plots of Seeing1. Realistic. Simulations of Star Diffraction Patterns1. Control. Meta. Guide with scripts, e. Dithering with Maxim. Python, VB1. 91. Using. Meta. Guide with Canon Live. View for Focusing1. Meta. Monitor. Monitor Guide Status from a Remote Computer1. Feature. Details2. Video. Tips and Advantages2. Business Grad HDVideo Webcam voll 1080P HDVideo mit 30 Frames pro Sekunde fr High Quality Videokonferenzen auf dem PC oder Mac Breiteste Sichtfeld 90 Grad. Introduction to MetaGuide. MetaGuide is a multifunction telescope tool based on realtime image processing of a video stream. Despite its power and functionality. Introduction. This document was written to assist the reader in setting up and configuring a webcam, digital camera, or other video device in the Linux operating. Where l is the wavelength measured in laboratory and c the speed of light in empty space constant c300 000 kms. Around Halpha, a 50kms speed will create a. Understanding. the Plots2. How. Meta. Guide Improves Centroid Accuracy2. A. New Age of Imaging with Mid Range Equipment2. Collimation. at the Diffraction Limit2. The. Importance of Saving Images and Tracking FWHM2. T0-saCtVpw/TahTRmjj1ZI/AAAAAAAAAGg/597WHzREBhw/s1600/Webcam-Philips-TOUCAM-2-XS-0.jpg' alt='Toucam Pro Software' title='Toucam Pro Software' />Pre Emptive. Corrections by Meta. Guiding2. 82. 8. Launching. Meta. Guide from an Icon2. Equipment. Tips for Better Autoguiding3. Good. Vs. Great Autoguiding Know Your FWHM3. Analog. Video Cameras Like the PC1. C3. 13. 2. Usage. Toucam Pro Software' title='Toucam Pro Software' />Nex. Remote, The. Sky, and Other Applications3. Polar. Alignment Using Quick Drift Measurements for Drift Alignment3. Quick. Cal. Meridian Flip, View Parity, and NSReverse3. Shift. Guiding for Comets and Asteroids3. Remote. Operation with Windows Messages3. Off Axis. Guiding with Meta. Guide3. 63. 8. Log. Formats3. 83. 9. Flexure. Measurement3. Developer. Details4. Contact. Information4. A. Little About Me4. Examples4. 04. 4. Acknowledgements4. Introduction to Meta. Guide. Meta. Guide is a multi function telescope tool based on real time image. Despite its power and. With just a few. clicks, you can be autoguiding and collimating precisely. Collimate. easily by centering a coma dot. Autoguide. effortlessly with accurate, novel centroiding and low latency. Collimate. and guide together, with automatic re centering of the star as you. Focus. precisely with a large, live plot and audio feedback. Log. periodic error with high resolution, every second to. Display. measured drift in real time, for easy polar alignment. Get prompt. feedback on changes. Capture. realtime aligned and stacked deep sky images with video, without. Measure. flexure in real time with two cameras. Lock. onto a specified periodic error frequency and correct for it before. Document. telescope performance with an annotated image of the Airy pattern. Small. GUI layout designed to fit well on Net. Books and is easy to navigate. Monitor. guiding and seeing over a local network from a different computer. Meta. Monitor. Programmatically. Meta. Guide from another app. Python. All it takes is a video camera USB, Firewire. ANY SIZE video, or an analog video camera. NTSC or PAL connected to a video. For guiding, you. ASCOM connection, GPUSB, TOGA, Astro. Gene, or LPT port. NOTE Some of. the images below are from an earlier version of MG and may not match. If you cant find a feature, try. Advanced mode under the Settings menu option. New. in this Release. Live measurement and. Greatly improved. Better support for Pt. Grey Flea cameras. Improved centroiding. FITS output of the. More accurate radial. More realistic. simulated appearance of stars with a given setup. Guide logs now output. Focus dialog with. Big. View gives a big. Red saturation. bar provides a warning when pixels near the star are. Negative. Image button. Improved dithering. Gaussian pattern. Many bug fixes. including a recent problem with Center. Overall much more robust. Quickstart. Guide Just a Few Clicks to Autoguide. Run the install. package. Launch Meta. Guide. Select Setup and enter. Also name and location would be. Fill in the red items. Leave setup and do. File Save As and save it as Setup. Focus star in view. Use Vid. Props to adjust camera settings. If you want to use a. Use Setup to connect. ASCOM, GPUSB, TOGA, Astro. Gene, or LPT port. Press Full. Calibrate. Press Guide. You are. Press Center and do. You are now collimating with automatic re centering. Detailed. Setup Instructions. BASIC SETUPRun the install. You can do all this. Connect a web cam with. The camera. can be usb, firewire or ethernet, but it must be a video camera with. Direct. Show driver support. It can also be a video camera like a. PC1. 64. C connected through a video. Launch Meta. Guide. If you see an error. If you get a box. You should now see the. Meta. Guide interface, with a camera view. Aim the. camera at the room around you. Note that the brightest spot is. This will act. as a starThe spot is also. As you move the camera. If you want to select. Note also the profile. Make note of the red. They are the main ones to work with at first. Select Vid. Props to. For a sharp view. Select Setup and enter. Also name and location would be. Fill in the red items. Dont worry about the others. Dont connect to. Leave setup and do. File Save As and save it as Scope. Setup. mg, or whatever you like. Gta San Andreas Turbo Xd Mod more. At this point, you can. MG to collimate, or make XY plots of periodic error with a. You dont need to have a connection to the. Connecting. to the Telescope. There are many ways to. Meta. Guide to the telescope mount for control ASCOM, GPUSB. Astro. Gene, TOGA, MGUSB, and LPT. ASCOM requires the. ASCOM environment, plus a driver for your. You also need a physical connection to the mount. COM port. GPUSB requires the. GPUSB electronics interface over a USB port, feeding into the ST4. Astro. Gene and TOGA use. They connect. to the computer via USB but appear in the computer as if they are on. COM port. They connect to the mount via the ST4 port. MGUSB is a development. MG. LPT requires either a. GPINT interface or a home made cable to connect an LPT port to the. ST4 input. Note that collimation. ASCOM has many advantages with Meta. Guide. With GPUSB, Astro. Gene, TOGA or LPT, all Meta. Guide can do is move the. NEWS at autoguide rates. With ASCOM, Meta. Guide can query. the declination, right ascension, and other properties of the mount. This is particularly helpful. Nonetheless, autoguiding should work well using. Declination and exact autoguide rates if calibrating without ASCOM. ASCOM. stands for Astronomy Common Object Model and allows plug and play. For more. details, and to download the latest version and drivers, see. ASCOMBe sure to install the. ASCOM environment, plus the latest driver for your mount. Open Setup and select. ASCOM in the ASCOMUSBLPT drop down selector. Press the Chooser. Then select Properties. COM port. If you have done this before in a different. Then press OK and the. Try pressing the. NEWS buttons and see if the mount responds by reading its RADec. Note that each press of a button will move the mount for 1. RADec coordinates. You can practice all. ASCOM telescope simulator, without any connection to a. You can view the simulator display to see changes in RA. Dec. If you need to have. ASCOM Generic Hub. Just connect to Generic Hub. Properties select the driver for your mount. Only. one application needs to connect to the mount through the hub the. Hub and they will automatically be. Hub magically lets multiple applications. Meta. Guide can have. POTH, so use Generic Hub instead, if possible. POTH. stands for Plain Old Telescope Hub, and differs from the Generic Hub.